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The Counter-Terrorist Centre announced on Saturday that it is co-operating with partner services of other countries in investigating Brenton Tarrant, perpetrator of the terrorist act in New Zealand on Friday, who lived and travelled in this region in recent years.

While about half of employees engage in sports regularly, about 74% of Hungarian employers fail to provide any kind of support for sporting activities for their workers, and only 31% of employees have the opportunity for sports at or near their workplace, according to research by jobs website Profession.hu.

The nationwide weeklies were on the stands well before the Prime Ministers of Poland and Hungary addressed a crowd in Budapest on the anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian revolution, but they analysed the importance of the event beforehand and also dwelled on its international implications.

Europe’s peoples should “see and understand that Europe will have no free life without its Christian culture”, the prime minister said at a state celebration on the anniversary of Hungary’s 1848 revolution in front of Budapest’s National Museum on Friday.

Hungary’s vocational school system will be revamped to help students pass their final school-leaving exams and to smooth their way into tertiary education, László Palkovics, the innovation and technology minister, told a press conference.

Hungary’s parliamentary opposition parties emphasised the importance of cooperation at a joint demonstration held on the occasion of the March 15 national holiday on Budapest’s Szabadsajtó (Freedom of the Press) Road.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to members of the European People’s Party that initiated the expulsion of his ruling Fidesz from the centre-right bloc, apologising for “offensive language”, but maintaining his political positions.

The Irish-Hungarian Business Circle is proud to present the 'Annual St Patrick’s Day Gala Dinner 2019'. Organisers say the event will again be filled with food, friends, music, dance, and of course the craic!

Budapest Airport will close the longer of its two runways at Ferenc Liszt International Airport between mid- April and early June and traffic will be handled by a single runway during the period, the airport operator said.

The Central European University (CEU) has welcomed efforts by Manfred Weber, the group leader of the European People’s Party, to help the university, but wants legal assurances from the prime minister so that it can continue operating in Budapest.

From The British International School Budapest: "Year 13 Visual Arts students made their Art teacher very proud yeson Tuesday 12 March. The fantastic artwork they have spent the last two years making transformed the BISB theatre into an Art gallery.

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